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BiographySipho Mutsi
… Sipho Mutsi died in 1985 at the Odendaalrus police station, he was the youngest detainee to die in police custody at age 17. He was arrested with…
BiographyDavid Bruce
… his parents and asked him to come to the military police headquarters where they asked him once again if he … prevention his work is mainly focused firstly…
BiographyHemant Kumar Waghmarae
… until he was arrested on 6 June 1978, the security police constantly harassed Waghmarae. They asked him to report to John Vorster Police Station, they…
BiographyBheki Cele
… into the country in 1987 but was caught by the security police and sent to Robben Island , joining the cohort of … was appointed National Commissioner of the…
BiographyDr Gurunathen (Guru) Kistnasamy
… Assembly at school the next day was a glum ceremony. The police were called. The ropes were re-tied. The search for … with the notorious Special Branch of…
Subbiah Moodley
… April 1964 while he was at lectures, three Security Branch police came and arrested him. From here they took him to a police interrogation centre at…
Matthews Mabelane
… Mabelane's detention coincided with reports that security police had smashed certain underground cells which were … responsible for ferrying young activists…
BiographyBheki Zacharia Mvulane
… of Mvulane said: "I saw a white policeman in Katlehong Police Station fling Bheki against the wall, and when he … rest of the accused on 7 March. He died on…
BiographyAnton Ndoda Xaba
… and all the recruits were arrested by the British Colonial Police in Northern Rhodesia. They were then sent back to … torture and electric shocks and…
BiographyJoseph Masobila Mdluli
… people. Between November and December 1975, the security police arrested several members of the ANC’s underground in … cross-examination of the accused…
BiographySurinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam
… Wherever he was able to secure employment the Security Police would harass the employers and he would not be … Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights…
BiographyDawood Parker
… activism brought him into regular confrontation with the police and his home in Cecelia Court was under regular … list of banned books grew longer and visits…
BiographyAndries Raditsela
… car in Tsakane Township Raditsela was accosted by the police. He was assaulted and dragged into the police vehicle, and detained under the Internal Security…
BiographyAshley James Kriel
… of the unrest in Bonteheuwel, the apartheid Security Police assigned a special unit to the area. Kriel was one of … in 1989. Due to the intense attention by…
BiographyPatrick Akhona Jijase
… scene 1, after being shot in the head and forearm by the police. He left behind his mother, father, brother, two … I did not expect that he would be killed…
BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
… in 1963, when Ronnie was under house arrest, the Security Police went to their house at 2 a.m. in the morning. Eleanor … daily. She eventually managed to…
Luke Mazwembe
… to have been found dead in his cell at Caledon Square police station,Cape Town,the same morning 2 hours after being detained .The police report released by…
Police fire tear gas at unruly fans during a World Cup qualifying soccer game between Zimbabwe and South Africa, setting off a
… Police fire tear gas at unruly fans during a World Cup …
Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort.
… one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort. …
Robert McBride, ANC member who planted a bomb in Magoo’s Bar, Durban, and later became Ekurhuleni metro police chief, is born i
… in Magoo’s Bar, Durban, and later became Ekurhuleni metro police chief, is born i …
Fighting breaks out as a riotous crowd on the Johannesburg market square is confronted by police and mounted soldiers during th
… crowd on the Johannesburg market square is confronted by police and mounted soldiers during th …
The police raid the editorial offices of the Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg and confiscate documents relating to a series of a
… The police raid the editorial offices of the Rand Daily Mail in …
Police find Frans Maluka, Eric Sambo and Patrick Sigudla all allegedly linked to criminal activities around the area, burnt to
… Police find Frans Maluka, Eric Sambo and Patrick Sigudla all …
The SAPS becomes the first police force in Africa to launch a missing children website (missingkids.com.za), with 800 cases.
… The SAPS becomes the first police force in Africa to launch a missing children website …
The police confirm that three leading members of the Black journalist trade union, the Media Workers Association of South Afric
… The police confirm that three leading members of the Black …
The Minister of Justice and Police, J.T. Kruger, announces his decision to appoint a one-man judicial commission in the person
… The Minister of Justice and Police, J.T. Kruger, announces his decision to appoint a …
On the anniversary of the Soweto uprising, police bar forty-seven local and overseas journalists from entering Soweto and tear
… On the anniversary of the Soweto uprising, police bar forty-seven local and overseas journalists from …
Daily Dispatch reports that there was a shootout between Transkei police and two insurgents at Mzamba in July. A man was arrest
… reports that there was a shootout between Transkei police and two insurgents at Mzamba in July. A man was arrest …
Johannes van der Walt, member of the Ossewa-Brandwag (O.B.)and world renowned wrestler, who escaped from police detention after
… (O.B.)and world renowned wrestler, who escaped from police detention after …
The South African police shoots twenty-one people in KwaNobuhle, where the residents had killed a community leader and his thre
… The South African police shoots twenty-one people in KwaNobuhle, where the …